Steelphon MAGO

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"Hello everybody my Hobby it's restore the old Combo organ and synth .
In this video i show you the test after restoration of rare Steelphon MAGO ."

This appears to be the first demo of the Steelphon MAGO. You can find pics of one posted here.

Steelphon MAGO

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Here's a rare one. I believe this is the first Steelphon MAGO to be posted here on MATRIXSYNTH.

via this auction

"Smaller single oscillator version of better-known Steelphon S900. Extremely rare and impossible to find even in Italy.

Vintage 1970s Italian monophnic synthesizer.

For sale in excellent condition and perfect working order."

You can find a video of the Steelphon S900 here.

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Meet the Wizard : Inside Italys First Consumer Synthesizer

video upload by Vintage Audio Institute Italia

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00:00 intro
00:30 description
01:00 footages
02:18 filter section
03:22 musical interlude
05:21 lfo section
06:45 outro

Here it is, we can hardly believe it but it's finally happened!

We found a STEELPHON MAGO - well, actually we found two - this was Italys first consumer synthesizer - in a sense that it was manufactured in a factory to be sold to consumers rather than invented at home by an enthusiast or sold as an oscillator assembly kit.

Made in Turin in the modest production run of about 50 way back in 1971, this is a small but extremely powerful monophonic single oscillator synth.

This unit is currently for sale - contact us for info and price via the website linked below.

Most of the technical specifications are featured in the video already as text - but a quick introduction and recap would go something like this:

This is the predecessor to the Steelphon S900 but a single oscillator monophonic synth with a bit different sound : organic, raw and expressive.
The snappy envelopes in combination with the Moog ladder filter makes it an amazing sound effect maker but it as well produces great bass lines and delicate leads.

6 footages with individual Saw or Square Wave for each footage
Moog ladder filter
LFO section with filter or oscillator routing
ADSR controls
Glide

If you're into rare Italian synths and drum machines you should check out our website which is basically an encyclopedia of them : https://www.vintageaudioinstitute.com/"